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Developed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe as a Half-Life mod, Counter-Strike IP was bought by Valve, who transformed it into a global powerhouse and a rock-solid standard by which all shooters are eventually measured.

Counter-Strike Articles

Fnatic and Furia set new world record for CS:GO on DreamHack Masters Malmo

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During DreamHack Masters, Fnatic have defeated Furia 34-32 on Overpass map to set to the world record in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for the longest played map between tier-one teams.

Mousesports sweep away Evil Geniuses from Dreamhack Malmo Masters

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Mousesports have eliminated Evil Geniuses at Dreamhack Malmo Masters today. The ESL One New York champions go home without a single map win as frozen and woxic dominate.

ESL and Dreamhack launch Counter-Strike: GO ESL Pro Tour

ESL and Dreamhack have announced the world's biggest and most lucrative Counter-Strike: Global Offensive circuit so far - the new ESL Pro Tour. The circuit will span all the continents and comes with a prize pool exceeding $5 million.

Valve tweaking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive loot boxes in France

Valve recently revealed that they'll be tweaking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive loot box mechanics in France. They will be introducing the X-ray scanner, or in other words, players will get to see items hidden in any container.

Counter-Strike turns 20, Valve celebrate with retro Dust II

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Since its inception in 1999 Counter-Strike has become almost synonymous with first-person shooters, especially those of the competitive variety. To celebrate its 20th birthday, Valve have made the classic Dust II available in CS:GO.

CS:GO records more than 20 million players in December

CS:GO went free to play and added a new battle royale mode recently, which led to a record-breaking 20 million player-count in December. These numbers are the highest ever recorded and more than double when compared to November's numbers.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a Portal Easter egg

Players who gave Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's new battle royale mode a try have come across a strange broadcast message that got many players expecting a new Portal announcement, although Valve insist that it's just a bit of fun.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive getting review-bombed on Steam

Terrorists are protesting against something on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's dust map.

The decision to make Counter-Strike: Global Offensive free to play doesn't seem to be sitting well with the game's existing playerbase, who have been review-bombing the game's Steam page with more than 22,000 negative reviews since.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive goes f2p and gets battle royale

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has officially sailed into free to play waters and not only that - Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment's game also got a battle royale component called Danger Zone, which offers solo, duo and three-man play.

CS:GO pro team disqualified after one member was caught hacking

Team OpTic India has been disqualified from a LAN event, eXTREMELAND ZOWIE Asia, held in Shanghai, due to one of their players using hacks. Nikhil “forsaken” Kumawat first cheated and then attempted to delete the evidence of doing so.

Destiny 2: Hawkmoon quest not appearing? Here is what you need to do11

Destiny 2: Hawkmoon quest not appearing? Here is what you need to do

Bungie released Hawkmoon recently but you may not see the Exotic Quest in Spider's Dialogue. This is because you need to complete some requirements first.

Cities: Skylines 2 may be in development11

Cities: Skylines 2 may be in development

Paradox Interactive have officially announced that they are currently working on an unannounced project with Colossal Order but sadly, it is still too early in development to share more details at this time.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition: How to fix missing Spectre gear11

Mass Effect Legendary Edition: How to fix missing Spectre gear

Mass Effect Legendary Edition is going strong but it's got a few major glitches such as the Spectre Gear not appearing on vendors. Here is how to fix it.

Lost Ark release window in Europe and North America revealed11

Lost Ark release window in Europe and North America revealed

Smilegate recently entered a partnership with Amazon in which the latter will start publishing several titles from the Korean company, which unveiled release date plans for Lost Ark in the western world.

Blue Protocol's game client is now available for download11

Blue Protocol's game client is now available for download

Bandai Namco's upcoming MMORPG Blue Protocol's Closed Beta Test will start very soon. Everyone who has secured themselves a spot in the test can download the game's client starting today.

Dragon's Dogma 2 leak reveals gameplay and release date info11

Dragon's Dogma 2 leak reveals gameplay and release date info

Dragon's Dogma sequel is reportedly shaping up to be a stunning game when it comes to visuals. According to the leak, it has been internally delayed to late 2022/early 2023.

Ubisoft tease The Division 3: "You're going to see more on The Division in this year"11

Ubisoft tease The Division 3: "You're going to see more on The Division in this year"

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that Massive Entertainment will still work on The Division franchise despite being busy with two major project - Avatar and the newly announced Star Wars.

Genshin Impact 2.0: another set of Ayaka's animations revealed11

Genshin Impact 2.0: another set of Ayaka's animations revealed

Thanks to a credible Genshin Impact leaker we have a video displaying another set of animations for the upcoming Genshin Impact character, Ayaka Kamisato.

League of Legends patch 11.11 balance targets have been revealed11

League of Legends patch 11.11 balance targets have been revealed

According to League's lead gameplay designer, patch 11.11 wil bring to changes to many champions. While some overpowered champions like Lee Sin are getting nerfed, it's good to see that some of the weakest champions like Azir are getting buffed.

NBA 2K21: Best finishing badges to equip for insane dunks and layups11

NBA 2K21: Best finishing badges to equip for insane dunks and layups

In this guide, we give you the best finishing badges that will ensure you get the most out of your guard build's dunking and layup abilities in NBA 2K21.